BRU Alternatives

BRU is described as 'Bloatware Removal Utility, for automating removal of pre-installed, factory bloatware from devices running Windows 7-10 and newer. Silently removes items selected if possible. Preselects common bloatware. Can remove Win10 UWP/Metro/Modern/Windows Store apps and provisioned apps' and is an app. There are more than 50 alternatives to BRU for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Android, iPhone and Android Tablet apps. The best BRU alternative is Chris Titus Tech's Windows Utility. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Chris Titus Tech's Windows Utility or ShutUp10++. Other great apps like BRU are WPD, Privatezilla, AME Wizard and Win11Debloat.

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    Chris Titus Tech's Windows Utility (winutil) - Install Programs, Tweaks, Fixes, and Updates for Windows 10 and Windows 11.

    27 Chris Titus Tech's Windows Utility alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
     
    • Chris Titus Tech's Windows Utility is the most popular Windows alternative to BRU.

    • Chris Titus Tech's Windows Utility is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to BRU.

    • Chris Titus Tech's Windows Utility is Free Personal and Open SourceBRU is Free and Open Source
    • Chris Titus Tech's Windows Utility is Lightweight and Privacy focusedBRU is not according to our users
  2. ShutUp10++ icon
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    O&O ShutUp10++ means you have full control over which comfort functions under Windows 10 and Windows 11 you wish to use, and you decide when the passing on of your data goes too far. Using a very simple interface, you decide how Windows 10 and Windows 11 should respect your...

    49 ShutUp10++ alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. privacy.sexy icon
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    Open-source tool to enforce privacy & security best-practices on Windows and macOS, because privacy is sexy 🍑🍆.

    46 privacy.sexy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • privacy.sexy is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to BRU.

    • privacy.sexy is Free and Open SourceBRU is also Free and Open Source
    • privacy.sexy is Privacy focused and LightweightBRU is not according to our users
  4. WPD icon
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    A small but powerful portable tool that works through the Windows API. WPD is the most convenient way to configure various privacy settings in Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Privatezilla icon
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    Privatezilla integrates the most critical Windows 10 privacy settings and allows you to quickly perform a privacy check against these settings. Active settings are marked with the status "Configured" and indicates that your privacy is protected.

    39 Privatezilla alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. AME Wizard icon
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    AME Wizard is an opensource tool for modifying Windows.

    Build your own configuration for AME Wizard with Playbooks, a modular extension format containing simple YAML instructions to be applied. Verifying your Playbook allows you to build a trusted userbase. You can also browse t.

    17 AME Wizard alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Win11Debloat icon
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    A simple, easy to use powershell script to remove bloatware apps from windows, disable telemetry, bing in windows search aswell as perform various other changes to declutter and improve your windows experience. This script works for both windows 10 and windows 11.

    48 Win11Debloat alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Winpilot icon
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    Windows 11 has a gazillion toggles and settings options. And general users don’t know where to find most of these features, what to make of them, and which setting to enable or disable. BloatyNosy streamlines and houses all the essential settings under one app and allows you to...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
  9. ThisIsWin11 icon
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    ThisIsWin11 lets you customize Windows 11 all in one place. It is slowly expanded as a practical all-rounder for Windows 11, similar to Microsoft PowerToys.

    25 ThisIsWin11 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. W10Privacy icon
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    The by default highly questionable set options concerning privacy and data protection in Windows 10 brought me to the idea for the development of this little program. Microsoft generously enables everybody to change the concerning settings, but hides them in countless menus...

    40 W10Privacy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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